Glorantha, Philosophy of Science, and the Nature of Time

From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:51:50 -0400

> See, as a science-trained person that sounds like a
> non-sequitur. We understand lots of things that we
> can't experience personally. I understand
> the QUANTUM, which is pretty darn weird.

There's a difference between understanding a theory, and being able to wo= rk
out its consequences in the world.

To take an example from my own field ... Godel's theorem is not that hard=

to understand if you have a certain amount of the right background. But the theorem is about unanswerable questions, and however well you understand the theorem you still can't answer those questions.

Andrew

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